State Police arrest a murder suspect during a lengthy standoff on I-10 in Jefferson Davis Parish. Jeff Palermo has the story…
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The State Treaserur unveils a new tranparency tool that lets residents track state construction spending, and state debt levels. Matt Doyle has more…
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After lashing out on the Bahamas, Hurricane Dorian has started slowly making its way towards the U-S eastern seaboard. The United Cajun Navy is stationed in Jacksonville, Florida, and Founder Todd Terrell says they spent the holiday weekend gathering supplies
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Terrell says if you want to volunteer go to united-cajun-navy-dot-org or you can make a monetary donation at pan-handle-relief-dot-org
Dorian is expected to bring flooding along Florida’s east coast as it slowly moves north. Terrell says they have chainsaw teams with them to help local first responders perform water rescues
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State Police arrested two people involved in a wild shooting scene on I-10 in Jefferson Davis Parish. One of the men booked, 36-year-old Trinity Coleman of Franklin, is a suspect in the murder of a female in Franklin. Trooper Derek Senegal says while pursuing Coleman yesterday, 57-year-old Clarence Fine of Jeanerette pulled off the side of the road and started shooting at Coleman
Senegal says Fine knew the murder victim in Franklin and was apparently out to get revenge
No was injured by the gunfire.
Fine was charged with attempted second-degree murder and illegal discharge of a weapon. Senegal says after they arrested Fine, it took a while before they apprehended Coleman…
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State Police began chasing Coleman in Acadia Parish and his vehicle finally came to stop near Welsh after troopers successfully deployed spike strips.
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A 16-year-old girl Lafayette girl dies from a gunshot wound and a 17-year-old boy is now in jail on Negligent Homicide charges as a result.
Two days ago officers responded to a report of a shooting involving a juvenile around 8pm. Lafayette Police Corporal Bridgette Dugas says when authorities arrived the girl was still alive.
But the girl passed away yesterday as a result of the gunshot.
Dugas says after attempting to save the girl, police questioned the boy at the residence and discovered the incident may have been a tragic accident.
Dugas says it appears for now that the shooting was not intentional and it isn’t the first time this year a lack of gun safety led to a death.
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The Treasurer’s Office unveils a new transparency tool that lets Louisianans track construction project costs on a parish by parish basis and see just how much debt state residents have accrued.
Treasurer John Schroder says the website gives you an opportunity to see just where state government prioritizes construction spending.
The top recipients of the state’s three billion dollar transportation budget in 2019 are DOTD at 50 percent, followed by coastal protection at 17 percent, and education at 16 percent.
The tool also provides viewers a chance to measure the state’s bond, general liability, and pension debt levels. Schroder says you can also measure how much each citizen would have to pay to clear the debt.
Louisiana’s per person debt is 1,627 dollars, good for 16th highest in the nation. The national average is 1,447 dollars, and the southern regional average is 1,148 dollars.
Schroder says he hopes people who visit the website will get a better idea of how the state’s taxing spending priorities line up with theirs.
You can see the tracking tool at LATreasury.com under transparency.